this mite sound silly but...

[Martin]

this mite sound silly but... how do you open you're bonnet when its badboy'd

[bump]

ermmm......... screwdriver???

[Martin]

What!!! Foook that idea lol

[bump]

try reching behind it to push the catch i ment

[Martin]

ohh what if i dont have a screwdriver that long??? and i'm not going to buy one just for that,, i'd look a total w****r at a show or something opening my bonnet with one lol :o

[burgo]

baxter is having this prob aswell. ive surgested to him to try hooking up a solanoid to realease the safety catch

[novamadcars]

i have this problem it takes me ages 2 get my bonett open

[bump]

an equally good idea. i just thought that you ment right now. ype solenoid will do it. get one off a new ish toyota. don't do what a mate of mind did tho and popped it accidentally while driving :!:

[Martin]

and what new-ish toyota have them n how the feck do i wire it up?

[burgo]

you can use any solanoid as it doesnt have to be strong. to wire it up would be simple. just run a live to the solanoid the have a switch on the underside of the bonnet aswell to operate the solanoid. then you just pull the bonnet catch as normal, pull up the bonnet to get to switch, press the switch and safety catch released

[Martin]

sounds easy i'll have 2 give it ago lol

[bump]

go for Burgo's method. it'll be much easier.

why didn't i think of that? :roll:

[burgo]

go for Burgo's method. it'll be much easier.

why didn't i think of that? :roll:cos im god :wink: lol

[bump]

all hail the Mighty Burgo :D

[Martin]

lol will have a go

[Jack]

Do away with the catch and use bonnet pins lol

[burgo]

Do away with the catch and use bonnet pins lol if youve just spent a silly amount having a bad boy bonnet done the last thing your gonna wanna do is drill holes in it aint it

[Martin]

lol thats wer yur wrong i've done that bonnet my self i got a spare 1 from scrappy :lol:

[Opelfreak]

I cut a hole in my grill, just low enough so you can't see it when the bonnet is closed. Works perfect.
Grtz

[Riggy]

or just dont have a badboy :wink: :lol:

[antinator]

if u look at my old nova in the feature i had quad lamps wiv a bb and i just didnt mesh the grille ...easy just to shift the catch across 1ce popped ..rather expensive way to do it but looks ace! or just cut a fake air intake hole leading to ur catch :wink: itll look spiffy

[oggy]

i had this problem aswell so all i did woz took the lever off and put bonnet pins on aswell as the cable did the job for me

[antinator]

:crazyeye: never use bonnet pins unless u really have 2 they suck soooooo badly!!! i really makes me boil aswell when u see sum ppl put them on cars when they r not even needed :bad-word:

[Stuart]

all 4 of my bonnet pins are needed otherwise the bonnet would fly off ;)

no hinges... they weigh too much!

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[Mike.]

lol, my cars got 4 bonnet pins on the bonnet, 4 on the tailgate and 2 on each bumper, weight saving you see :lol: :lol:

[antinator]

thats just going ova board :o

[Stuart]

when every few grams counts, then its not really :P

mines the same as mikes, 4 pins on bonnet, 4 on the bootlid and 2 per bumper.

ally pins weigh fook all compared to solid steel hinges etc, plus tis far easier to work on the car with no bonnet in the way atall

[125scouse]

or just don't bad boy because it looks a load of my arse! :arrow: